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Thanks for your informative take on the WMF's current woes. P.S. Jimmy Wales doesn't run the Wikimedia Foundation.

• cookiecaper 16y ago
  Yes, I see that he is no longer the chairperson, though he still sits on the Board and I would expect holds other powerful positions relative to Wikipedia. It'd also be silly to think that he didn't exert a large influence on the Board as presently composed and Wikipedia's community as a whole -- his face was just plastered all over the site for four months, as you may recall.
  • neilk 16y ago
    I realize for many, time stands still when gazing at Jimmy's fuzzy visage. But the 2010 campaign lasted 50 days; not even close to four months. I see you did not even read the link that sparked this very thread.
    • cookiecaper 16y ago
      You're right that I didn't read the article completely -- I skimmed, since its premise is pretty straightforward; the results of WP's fundraiser was $16 mil. My replies have much more to do with the parent comment and why I don't donate to Wikimedia in general than the specific incident reported here. I will believe if you say it was only fifty days, I know no differently other than my estimate above, which was apparently wrong. Sorry. It did seem much longer, you're right.